Vicksburg Municipal
VKS · KVKS · Vicksburg, Mississippi · Warren County · map
Vicksburg Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Vicksburg, 7 miles southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 107 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive, jet fuel) and about 12 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 1,525 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Vicksburg Municipal?
Its FAA code is VKS, and its ICAO code is KVKS.
Where is Vicksburg Municipal?
It is 7 miles southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 107 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Vicksburg Municipal?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Vicksburg Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Vicksburg Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive, jet fuel.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Vicksburg Municipal?
2 pilot examiners and 6 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Vicksburg Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VKS · ICAO KVKS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Vicksburg
- Elevation
- 107 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive, jet fuel; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 299 ft, trees 105 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 471 ft, tree 38 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Vks and aWOS-3 | 118.85 | |
| Greenwood and center (remote transmitter) · Jackson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 601-801-5376.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, Jet A-1 with additive, jet fuel
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Vicksburg Tallulah Regional (8 nm northwest), John Bell Williams Airport (27 nm east), Copiah County (35 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- North parl taxiway closed.
- Activate PAPI runway 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 operates continuously.
- Hngr fee required.
- Fuel 24 hours with credit card.
- Approach ratio 28:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 41:1 to dthr.
- Term stub taxiway only.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 9 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,525, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 419 |
| general aviation, local | 950 |
| military | 156 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Vicksburg from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Vicksburg, Mississippi: 14 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 gyroplane, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Joe Frank Carson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Jackson, MS (43 nm) · (662) 571-4045 · [email protected]
- David Childress private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Madison, MS (44 nm) · (901) 262-3199 · [email protected]
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Vicksburg 19 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprops
- Estes Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Southall Properties LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VKS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.